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  • The underwater search for shipwrecks follows a dig last summer in the village of Mambrui that unearthed a rare coin carried only by emissaries of the Chinese emperor, as well as a large fragment of a green-glazed porcelain bowl whose fine workmanship befits an imperial envoy.

    Recovering China's Past on Kenya's Coast Virginia Postrel 2010

  • The earliest, very earliest green-glazed celadon ever found is from the Shang period, which is around 1600 B.C.

    Digging Up China's Best Exhibitions 2009

  • There were two bathrooms with green-glazed bathtubs, painted on the outside with yellow dragons.

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • I came to the last of the pots, a twelve-inch green-glazed ceramic job, and upended it to chuck out the mass of old dead leaves accumulated inside, and got a bizarre shock.

    Hot and sticky on Monday... Imogen 2009

  • I came to the last of the pots, a twelve-inch green-glazed ceramic job, and upended it to chuck out the mass of old dead leaves accumulated inside, and got a bizarre shock.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Imogen 2009

  • There was what we call "celadon" [green-glazed] porcelain — little bowls and cups, and pots with spouts in the shape of chickens 'heads, a typical Six Dynasties object — some mirrors, and some stone slabs.

    Digging Up China's Best Exhibitions 2009

  • Decorated tableware mainly comprises yellow - and green-glazed large dishes with incised (sgraffito) decorative motifs (hares and wavy lines), imported from the Aegean region.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Ceramology Report 1 2003

  • Even the town of Bek with her dreaming gables, twisted old roofs and chimneys, green-glazed windows, weekly markets and ancient customs, was not immune to the twentieth-century jackboot.

    The Dreamthief's Daughter Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2001

  • Perhaps because of the strong midday sun, the blue tile roof of the two-story dwelling seems more vivid than when Lorn had visited Myryan before, and the green-glazed brick walls more faded.

    Scion of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • The smith's shoulder brushed the green-glazed ceramic screen.

    The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997

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